| Chapter
25 |
| 1 | The
word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; |
| 2
| The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and
to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, |
| 3 | From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king
of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of
the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and
speaking; but ye have not hearkened. |
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4 | And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear
to hear. |
| 5 | They said,
Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your
doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your
fathers for ever and ever: |
| 6 |
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke
me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. |
| 7 | Yet ye have not hearkened
unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of
your hands to your own hurt. |
| 8
| Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words, |
| 9 | Behold, I will
send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar
the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and
against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and
will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and
perpetual desolations. |
| 10 |
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of
the millstones, and the light of the candle. |
| 11 | And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy
years. |
| 12 | And it shall
come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king
of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land
of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. |
| 13 | And I will bring upon that land all my
words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this
book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. |
| 14 | For many nations and great kings shall
serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their
deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. |
| 15 | For thus saith the LORD God of Israel
unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations,
to whom I send thee, to drink it. |
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16 | And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the
sword that I will send among them. |
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17 | Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations
to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: |
| 18 | To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the
kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an
astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; |
| 19 | Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his
servants, and his princes, and all his people; |
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20 | And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the
land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and
Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, |
| 21 | Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, |
| 22 | And all the kings of Tyrus, and
all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the
sea, |
| 23 | Dedan, and Tema,
and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, |
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24 | And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of
the mingled people that dwell in the desert, |
| 25 | And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam,
and all the kings of the Medes, |
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26 | And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another,
and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and
the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. |
| 27 | Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and
rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. |
| 28 | And it shall be, if they refuse to
take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. |
| 29 | For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is
called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be
unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 30 |
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them,
The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation;
he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that
tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. |
| 31 | A noise shall come even to the ends of
the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with
all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. |
| 32 | Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind
shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. |
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33 | And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from
one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be
lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. |
| 34 | Howl, ye shepherds, and
cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the
days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall
fall like a pleasant vessel. |
| 35
| And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the
flock to escape. |
| 36 | A
voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the
flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. |
| 37 | And the peaceable habitations are
cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. |
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38 | He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for
their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because
of his fierce anger. |
